1561 in poetry

none 1561 poetry literature This article covers 1561 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or French). Works published England Thomas Blundeville, translated from the Latin of Plutarch, Three Morall Treatises, first two treatises in verseCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, edited by John Stow, based on the Tynne edition of 1532; see also Thomas Speght's edition of the Workes 1598) Barnabe Googe, translated from Marcello Palingenio Stellato's Zodiacus vitae [c. 1528]), The Zodiac of Life, Books 1–4, published in Latin and English (see also The Zodiac of Life 1560, 1565) Other Jan Blahoslav, author and editor, Šamotulský kancionál ("Šamotulský hymn-book"), a "cantionale" or hymn-book; a Czech poet published in Polish (see also Ivančice hymn-book 1564, a revised edition)Web page titled "Jan Blahoslav", retrieved May 15, 2009. Archived 2009-05-18. Julius Caesar Scaliger, Poetices libri septem ("Seven Books of Poetics"), Italian critic published in Lyon, France, very influential, but derivative criticismPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 22 – Francis Bacon (died 1626), English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and poet April 8 – Dominicus Baudius (died 1613), Dutch Neo-Latin poet, scholar and historian July 11 – Luis de Góngora (died 1627), Spanish lyric poet October 27 – Mary Herbert (died 1621), English poet, translator, patron, hostess of a literary salon, and sister of Philip Sidney Also: Gaspar Aguilar (died 1623), Spanish poet and dramatist Bernardo de Balbuena (died 1627), Spanish-born Latin American poet Henry Lok birth year uncertain (died 1608), English Nicolas de Montreux (died 1608), French nobleman, novelist, poet, translator and dramatist Robert Southwell year of birth uncertain (died 1595), English Jesuit priest and poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: John Calvin (born 1509), Swiss, French-language Protestant religious leader who wrote hymns George Cavendish, (born either 1500 or 1494), English Nikolaus Herman (born c. 1500), German Olivier de Magny (born 1529), French Jorge de Montemayor (born 1521), Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish See also Poetry Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature Elizabethan literature French Renaissance literature Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature Notes Category:16th-century poetry Poetry